Looking for a good shooter

[Josiah Tobin]

Half Life 2 is incredible... I'm VERY relieved to see a game with a single player mode that's the point of the game as opposed to a tacked-on feature.

[Mech1031]

Halo2.... pffft.

eat sh*t and die...

Half-life two is not what it's all chalked up to be. i'm not sayin it's a bad game, i'm just sayin its not the lord, jesus christ, himself. so get over yourselves.

[Josiah Tobin]

Halo2.... pffft.

eat sh*t and die...

(I know that wasn't directed at me, but still)
Some of us prefer Half Life 2, and some of us prefer Halo 2. I've got nothing against either, but I prefer Half Life 2.
Rockuman says pffft to Halo 2, you say pffft to Freebasic. Same thing.
Kinda. :wink:

[Z!re]

No it isnt, freebasic rox!, noone can question it, freebasic is the god of the 21st century!

Whereas Halo is... a computer game.. fb is the creator, the maker, the father, the all, of games... bah! :lol:

[Mech1031]

No it isnt, freebasic rox!, noone can question it, freebasic is the god of the 21st century!

Whereas Halo is... a computer game.. fb is the creator, the maker, the father, the all, of games... bah! :lol:

the lion pwns joo

[Josiah Tobin]

No it isnt, freebasic rox!, noone can question it, freebasic is the god of the 21st century!

Whereas Halo is... a computer game.. fb is the creator, the maker, the father, the all, of games... bah! :lol:

the lion pwns joo

A response born of desperation... :wink:
Nah. I am rather neutral on the subject... Or maybe juuuust un-neutral enough to post, but neutral enough to not really care too much.

[SJ Zero]

The Intel Extreme chip will probably pose a barrier to playing any of those games.

If I recall, Battlefield relies on Hardware T&L, something the Intel Extreme, for all it's pixel pushing might, does not have. Many games will let you run them anyway, but some, like battlefield, will flip you the bird for trying. I'm sure it's not the only one.

The lack of hardware T&L could pose a serious problem. Luckily for you, chips using somethig *WITH* T&L are available cheap like borsht, even in PCI formfactor if you bought the 499CDN dell.

[na_th_an]

Halo is for 10 years old children. Go for HL2/Doom ]|[.

[Hard Rock]

The lack of hardware T&L could pose a serious problem. Luckily for you, chips using somethig *WITH* T&L are available cheap like borsht, even in PCI formfactor if you bought the 499CDN dell

For some reason my 499 dell wont let me disable the agp video and wont let me use it. i ended up buying a new computer..... (threres no option i the bios even)

[Zack]

The Intel Extreme chip will probably pose a barrier to playing any of those games.

If I recall, Battlefield relies on Hardware T&L, something the Intel Extreme, for all it's pixel pushing might, does not have. Many games will let you run them anyway, but some, like battlefield, will flip you the bird for trying. I'm sure it's not the only one.

The lack of hardware T&L could pose a serious problem. Luckily for you, chips using somethig *WITH* T&L are available cheap like borsht, even in PCI formfactor if you bought the 499CDN dell.

I recall asking the computer pusher who sold us this computer if it had an AGP slot, and he said no. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that mean that in order to replace the graphics card, I'd have to replace the motherboard?

Nath: Doom III is out of the question graphics-card wise, and that I understand and accept. I'd do Half Life 2, but it's a tad on the expensive side, and rated 17+, so it could be a problem.

Right now I'm looking at Call of Duty (reenacting ground battles of WWII) and Combat Flight Simulator 3 (CF3). I think it'll be CF3 unless I find out that it's impossible to play without a joystick. Anyone?